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The Invention of Email
Ray Tomlinson the title of email’s inventor. He come up with the idea while working for ARPANET. The government funded the research project. -
The Queen’s First Email
Queen Elizabeth II was the first head-of-state to use email. -
The First Spam Email
Gary Thurek earned the title “father of spam” after sending an unsolicited email marketing message to hundreds of ARPANET users. -
Making Email Simpler
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) standardized the way mail servers send and receive messages. -
Outlook’s Ancestor
Towards the end of the decade, Microsoft released its first commercially available email product, MSMail. -
The Voice of Email
In the ‘90sElwood Edwards’ voice likely helped the masses get hooked on checking email. -
The Birth of Webmail
The history of email moved so quickly, it’s easy to forget that, for quite some time, you had to send and receive email on a specific software program. -
Email Goes Wireless
Early adopters of smartphones loved their BlackBerrys. The devices surged in popularity thanks in part to BlackBerry’s focus on mobile email. Released in 2002, the BlackBerry was the first device